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Here are 12 random facts about cats:
- Cats sleep for around 12-16 hours a day.
- Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth.
- Cats have a unique grooming pattern called "allogrooming," where they groom each other.
- Cats have five toes on their front paws, but only four toes on their back paws.
- The oldest known pet cat was found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
- Cats have a special reflective layer behind their retinas called the tapetum lucidum, which enhances their night vision.
- A group of cats is called a clowder.
- The world's largest cat measured 48.5 inches long.
- Calico cats are almost always female.
- Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees.
- Cats spend 30-50% of their waking hours grooming themselves.
- Cats have a powerful sense of smell, which is 14 times stronger than that of humans.
And here are 5 well-known cat illnesses:
- Upper Respiratory Infections
- Feline Leukemia
- Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Feline Diabetes